Using Hydrogen To Fuel Growth In Developing Countries
January 26th, 2023
Via EnergyPost.eu, commentary on the potential for hydrogen to fuel next stage of growth in many developing countries: The new hydrogen economy will not just be global, it must be used as a major economic development opportunity for low income nations and promoting shared prosperity, explain Dolf Gielen, Silvia Carolina Lopez Rocha and Priyank Lathwal at the […]
Read more »Major New Oil Discovery In Namibia
January 26th, 2023
Via New Era Newspaper, an article on a major new hydrocarbon discovery in Namibia: Shell has reportedly made another major discovery of hydrocarbons, the main components of oil and gas in the Orange Basin. Once confirmed, this will be Shell’s second major discovery in the vicinity, where TotalEnergies last year also confirmed a major discovery […]
Read more »China’s Huawei Looks to Ports, Factories to Reinvent Itself
January 26th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a look at how Huawei is reinventing itself as a supplier of self-driving cars and automated industrial tech after U.S. sanctions crushed its smartphone brand: As technicians in a distant control room watch on display screens, an automated crane at one of China’s busiest ports moves cargo containers from a Korean freighter […]
Read more »Morgan Stanley IM Says ‘Decade of Emerging Markets’ Has Begun
January 26th, 2023
Via Bloomberg, an article on Morgan Stanley’s bullish views on emerging markets: Stocks in emerging markets are set to be this decade’s winners, Morgan Stanley Investment Management said, adding to a chorus of investors who are souring on the US in favor of other regions. The fund manager is taking money out of US equities […]
Read more »Beijing Summit Cements China’s Role as Dominant Outside Power in Turkmenistan
January 25th, 2023
Via the Jamestown Foundation, a report on China’s influence in Turkmenistan: Since gaining independence in 1991, Turkmenistan has typically attracted only sporadic international attention both because of its constitutionally mandated policy of strict neutrality and the extreme isolation Ashgabat has pursued with an authoritarianism so severe that it rivals that of North Korea. But the […]
Read more »Russia, China: Bringing North Korea In From The Economic ‘Cold’?
January 25th, 2023
Courtesy of East Asia Forum, a look at North Korea and the potential for improved economic growth in 2023: At the beginning of 2022, North Korea’s strategic position looked bleak. The regime clung to its zero-COVID claim, leading to an almost total closure of the border with China and bringing trade to record lows. There were strong indications that […]
Read more »Focusing primarily on The New Seven Sisters - the largely state owned petroleum companies from the emerging world that have become key players in the oil & gas industry as identified by Carola Hoyos, Chief Energy Correspondent for The Financial Times - but spanning other nascent opportunities around the globe that may hold potential in the years ahead, Wildcats & Black Sheep is a place for the adventurous to contemplate & evaluate the emerging markets of tomorrow.